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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar

‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election

Andy Burnham walks outdoors, gesturing as he speaks
Andy Burnham canvassing this week at Hindley Green in the Makerfield constituency where he is standing as the Labour candidate in the 18 June byelection. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Andy Burnham has signalled he would begin transforming England’s broken social care system this year if he became prime minister, accusing Westminster of “flinching away” from tackling difficult policy problems.

The Greater Manchester mayor said politicians must be willing to take on “the weight of the system” that stood in the way of radical change, as he began to set out his prospectus for government if he won the Makerfield byelection.

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